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The Director’s Corporate Veil: In 2024, the Emperor Still has Clothes…but it’s no Kevla Vest
Did you know that as a director, you can be personally liable for company debts many years after it has gone into administration, even if you were...
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Corporate Law+ | Real World Limits on the Holy Status of Warranties in Business Sales Part 2
In the negotiation of the sale or purchase of a business an almost supernatural level of time and effort can be devoted to conducting due diligence,...
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Corporate Law+ | What Remedies Arise For False Warranties in Business Sales? Part 1
Those who have been involved in negotiating the sale or purchase of a business will be well aware of the careful attention paid to warranties....
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The New AI Act: Banning ‘Bad Influence’ Toys + Other World Firsts
In response to the rising influence and power of artificial intellgence to disrupt lives and industries, in December 2023, the EU Parliament and...
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Adidas’ 70 year Quest to own Stripes + the Importance of Trade Mark Protection
In January this year, trade mark lawyers representing American fashion brand Thom Browne told the Manhattan Southern District Court that Adidas...
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Privacy Around the World – 2023 Pulse Check
Individual privacy is valued as a right in many countries around the world, and protection of privacy has become a vital concern for regulators. Yet...
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SAFE Notes: Are these Once Strange Things Suitable For Your Next Investment?
Once regarded as one of the investment community’s ‘stranger things’, SAFE Notes occupy the twilight zone between the usual binary alternatives...
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METAVERSE+ | DALL-E 2: Who owns AI Art Under Australian Law?
Launched in July 2022 by US artificial intelligence research lab OpenAI, DALL-E 2 is a revolutionary text-to-image art generator which harnesses the...
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Corporate Law+ | Attention All Company Directors – Get Your Mandatory Director ID Number in 5 minutes
All directors of Australian companies must hold a Director Identification Number (DIN) or risk prosecution by ASIC. Below we simplify the process for...
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Protecting Your Secret Sauce | How to Ensure You Actually Own that Valuable Business IP
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METAVERSE+ | Web 3.0 – Legal Considerations in the Spatial Era
Rapidly evolving technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence are heralding ‘Web 3.0’, a.k.a. ‘the next phase of the...
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Corporate Law+ | The Return of E-Signatures: Updates to the Corporations Act under the 2021 COVID-19 lockdowns
Highly anticipated corporate law reforms have finally been implemented. In this article, we provide an insight into what the changes are, how they...
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METAVERSE+ | The Spiky Rise of NFTs: Some Intriguing Legal Issues and Challenges
The recent spike in the popularity of NFTs has been tagged by some as the future of the digital art market, and has the markings of the next big...
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COVID-19+ | Temporary Pandemic Relief Gives Way To Australia’s Most Significant Insolvency Reforms in 30 Years
Despite the expiry of the COVID-19 relief measures, small businesses continue to struggle with the economic challenges created by the pandemic....
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COVID-19+ | Corporate Reform in the Age of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread disruption in social and business life on a worldwide basis. Amongst what many regard as positive...
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Should TikTok be Banned in Australia? Federal Parliamentary Inquiry launches over Chinese Data Security Fears
At the same time as the popularity of mobile app TikTok rises exponentially, countries around the world have raised data and security concerns....
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COVID-19+ | Protecting your Business from Cyber Attacks in a COVID-19 World
On 19 June 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that all levels of Australian government were targeted by ‘sophisticated state-based...
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COVID-19+ | Regulating the Modernisation of Corporate Governance in a Socially Distant World
The social distancing measures introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted much of our way of life in the last few months. In the...
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Watch your wall: Businesses liable for defamatory Facebook comments – NSW Court of Appeal confirms
On 1 June 2020, the NSW Court of Appeal controversially upheld the Supreme Court’s decision that media companies with Facebook pages could be...
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The Rise and Rise of IP – How to Protect and Leverage Intangible Assets
Intellectual Property (‘IP’) is the most important asset class for modern businesses today, accounting for almost 90% of a...
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COVID-19+ The COVIDSafe App & your Privacy: Is it safe to download?
As that famous virus continues to dominate world affairs, governments and tech companies worldwide are turning to mobile technology to help track...
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COVID-19+ Emergency Guide for Australian Businesses (15 May 2020 Update)
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic causes health and social impacts on a previously almost unfathomable scale, for businesses too it is a...
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COVID-19+ Update on National Cabinet’s Landscape-Shifting Commercial Leasing Code
On 7 April 2020 National Cabinet announced a mandatory code (‘Code’) for commercial leases of small and medium sized Australian business...
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COVID-19+ What Government Grants can SMEs piggy-bank?
In the last few months, COVID-19 has disrupted tens of thousands of businesses across the country, from large listed conglomerates to sole traders...
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COVID-19+ Emergency Guide for Australian Businesses (17 April 2020 Update)
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic causes health and social impacts on a previously almost unfathomable scale, for businesses too it is a...
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COVID-19+ Newsflash! – National Cabinet unveils ground-breaking Commercial Leasing Code for SMEs
Under growing pressure to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, on 7 April 2020 National Cabinet announced a mandatory code for commercial lease tenancies...
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COVID-19+ Fed Govt’s $130B ‘JobKeeper’ Program
On 30 March 2020, the Government announced $130 Billion in the budget with the goal of keeping workers in jobs over the next six months. This article...
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COVID-19+ Emergency Guide for Australian Businesses
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic causes health and social impacts on a previously almost unfathomable scale, for businesses too it is a...
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New Laws make Directors Personally Liable for GST Debts
The Senate has recently passed an act which confers personal liability on directors for their company’s unpaid GST...
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Neobanks: Can They Challenge the Big 4?
‘Neobanks’, also known as ‘digital banks’ and ‘challenger banks’, are terms which synonymously refer to the next...
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New Whistleblower Policy: 10 Key Points To Note!
All public companies have until 1 January 2020 to comply with the new whistleblower policy requirements. This requirement carries a $126,000 (body...
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Disruptive Skies: 10 Things You Need to Know about Australian Drone Law
With drones’ increasing popularity, concerns have been raised regarding their potential to invade privacy and cause safety risks. Whilst...
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The Power of the Platform: ACCC Takes Aim at Facebook & Google
In June 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (‘ACCC’) released its’ final report from the Digital Platforms Inquiry...
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IP Rights Holders beware! Changes to Competition Laws
The repeal of the so-called “IP exemption” from the Competition and Consumer Act could significantly impact commercial dealings in IP rights....
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Watch your wall: Businesses liable for defamatory Facebook comments
A decision in the Supreme Court of New South Wales has paved the way for businesses to be held responsible for publishing defamatory comments by...
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